§507-B. Illegal possession or sale of gravestones

1.
No person may possess, sell, attempt to sell, offer for sale, transfer or dispose
of any tomb, monument, gravestone, marker or other structure placed or designed as
a memorial for the dead, or any portion or fragment of any such memorial, knowing
or having reasonable cause to know that it has been illegally removed from a cemetery
or burial ground.

[
1987, c. 326, §2 (NEW)
.]

2.
Any person who violates subsection 1 commits a Class C crime.

[
1987, c. 326, §2 (NEW)
.]

3.
Any person who violates subsection 1 is liable to the following for triple damages
to be recovered in a civil action:

A. The municipality or, in the case of unorganized territory, the county in which the
cemetery or burial ground is located; [1987, c. 326, §2 (NEW).]

B. A cemetery association authorized to bring suit and recover damages by the municipality
or, in the case of unorganized territory, the county in which the cemetery or burial
ground is located; or [1987, c. 326, §2 (NEW).]

C. A historical society authorized to bring suit and recover damages by the municipality
or, in the case of unorganized territory, the county in which the cemetery or burial
ground is located. [1987, c. 326, §2 (NEW).]

[
1987, c. 326, §2 (NEW)
.]

SECTION HISTORY

1987, c. 326, §2 (NEW).

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